Vombatidae Gallery

Long-footed kangaroo rat, Potorous longipes

Long-footed kangaroo rat, Potorous longipes (endangered), and common wombat, Vombatus ursinus. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Miss Coignet, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

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Common wombat
(Vombatus ursinus),
orphaned young being hand-reared after its mother was hit by a car. Animals like this are often used for educational programs to raise public awareness.
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Common Wombat - digging burrow

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Common Wombat - digging burrow
South-eastern Australia
Vombatus ursinus
One of the worlds largest burrowing mammals (and the largest burrowing marsupial) uses powerful shoulders, stout, short legs & long blunt claws to excavate tunnels up to 20 metres long.
Kathie Atkinson / Auscape / ardea
Auscape
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© Kathie Atkinson/ardea.com